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I’m not going to even try to make sense of this minor league publicity stunt … but all I can say is if this doesn’t get him a baseball card in the Sand Gnats’ team set, I don’t know what would.

But we’re not done there …

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If you’ve set foot in a Whataburger restaurant somewhere in the South, you have probably seen this iconic image of a company-sponsored baseball team somewhere on its walls.

It turns out it’s a Little League team from 1950 — and Whataburger recently reunited the members of the squad that it could find in celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary at Whataburger Field, home of the Corpus Christi Hooks. (The San Antonio-based company opened its first restaurant in Corpus.)

Four players — Frank Thomas (No. 7), Howard Henslee (No. 6), John Simpson (No. 5) and Cliff Johnson (No. 13) threw out ceremonial first pitches at a Hooks game earlier this month. Each of them received a Whataburger jersey and a plaque featuring the photo.

“It’s a special feeling to walk into a Whataburger, point at the picture and tell my friends and family that’s me when I was a little boy,” Thomas said. “Being able to throw the first pitch and reunite with my former teammates has been a dream come true.”

With Whataburger so tied into the Hooks’ identity and community, why wouldn’t the Astros’ Double-a affiliate include the famous image on a card and perhaps updated first cards of the four original players?